Hmm, that's weird. My tapecycle specifies 25 tapes. What I'm trying to do is to "bring over" the old server's index/log/tapelist/disklist files etc to the config on the new server, to test that I can do restores from tapes written by the old server.
What I've done in the meantime is to create a second config to do a test amdump, so as not to affect the production config, so to speak. And I've labelled some spare tapes for the second config for this purpose so I don't mess with the production set of tapes. I must have missed something out regarding the existing tapes from the old server - will double-check it all again. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Paul Bijnens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 June 2008 13:27 To: Johan Booysen Cc: amanda List Subject: Re: Amanda 2.6.0 spanning On 2008-06-24 13:49, Johan Booysen wrote: > Hi, > > Looks like I'm getting somewhere this time. The server is happy with the two tape drives emulating a changer with 2 slots, and all amtape commands seem to complete ok. > > Just one question before I do a test run: > > Can I ignore the following warning about the second tape being "still active and cannot be overwritten" when doing an amcheck? No, you can't ignore that. > > slot 1:read label `daily-5', date `20080508'. > .. > .. > slot 2:read label `daily-6', date `20080509'. > Tape with label daily-6 is still active and cannot be overwriten. > > I'm assuming I can, since I double-checked that daily-6 is marked as "reuse" in the tapelist. The tapes are used by Amanda in an ordered rotation. The tapecycle parameter defines the size of that rotation. Amanda needs to be given the number specified in tapecycle before she accepts to overwrite that tape again. See "man amanda.conf", "tapecycle" for a more detailed explanation. When you REALLY are sure you want Amanda to overwrite it, you can "amrmtape" followed by "amlabel -f" (specifying correct configs and labels). Or you can (temporarily) lower the count given by tapecycle in amanda.conf -- Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************
